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Tuesday Night at the Fights

Posted: Oct 17, 2012

I have to say I do not like debates. It seems to me that the broad audience of the American public has developed this "blood lust" akin to a boxing or wresting match or some Superbowl event. How can someone say that this person won on style, and this one on memorization of facts and figures and then vote for them? How does that relate to them being president, or one heart beat away?

The only real message I can take away from these debates is how does my picture of this candidate jive with the person I am seeing on the screen's behavior?

The 2 presidential debates, I saw the polite Obama having to show his more forceful side. I know his policies and positions. I know he is thoughtful and doing his work behind the scenes. I can see the results.

I saw Romney being Romney, evasive on the tax plan, answering in a misleading way, changing his positions (and/or not stating his position masked behind some "personal story." Yes, the moderator interrupted him, why? Because he kept trying to control the debate. His contempt for the moderator and women in general (the binders) was pretty obvious to me. Instead of answering if he would support Lilly Ledbetter Act, he talked all around it but never said he would support it. The only time I feel I have ever heard Romney "not acting" was in his lengthy remarks about the "47%" to his rich fund marks.

What I really did not like to see was his visciousness when trying to say President Obama had not addressed Libya as an "act of terror." That part when he picked up his eyebrows and was going after the President looked almost bipolar. I recall Ann Romney stating something about being worried about Mitt's emotional state if elected. Does anyone really want this guy answering the 3:00 a.m. phone call?

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The MISLEADING one was Obama. Every policy has - failed and dishonest on terrorism !! nm

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I just watched Romney tell the President of the U.S., "You'll get your - chance," and not nicely. These guys do NOT

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like each other. And for all my ignoring of body language and expression these months (not my best suit anyway, and policies are what matter to me), I think I see real arrogance in Romney.

He's NOT used to people who don't fall respectfully silent when he speaks. He's also not naturally good at verbally maneuvering people who don't agree to be maneuvered. He's practiced a lot for the campaign, but it's not a skill he's ever needed before. It's all yes, sir. He's really aggravated, frozen on my screen right now.

And for the first time I don't think he's kind of attractive in a pleasantly dorky way. He reminds me of people whose excessive opinion of themselves has its corollary in an inappropriately low opinion of others. And of all those stories about his fellow presidential candidates in two different campaigns who didn't like him! My friend Judy kept saying, but I never saw it. If he looks down on President Obama, what must he think of people like me? In the aggregate of course.

Romney is used to giving orders, not leading - Just a statistic

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He clumps us all together in the 47%, ready to be discarded when he wants to send some more jobs to China to make a profit. It is obvious that he does not see women as needing to work for a living and that we do not all have "careers".

Obama has had four years to prove he is a - good leader, -class warfare his game. nm

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The accusers with the pointy fingers often turn out - to be the guilty parties.

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Baloney.

Like when O accused Romney of lying to do well - in first debate? Turns out, O is the liar. nm

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A rude, boorish, superior and dismissive bully to both - president and moderator

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These behaviors started as soon as his groomed prep strategy started to unravel. Sore loser too.

Romney is a respectful good man who, like many, - is sick of Obama's scamming us. nm

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So funny. - anon

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If Romney were not agressive, his points would never get heard between O and his tag-team partner Candy.

Disrespectful comment - mbmt

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When Mitt Romney scolded President Obama and stated that he was talking and that President Obama would get his turn, I almost fell off my chair. I could not believe that Mitt would dare talk to the President of the United States like that. I do not care if the president is a Democrat or Republican. It's not right to speak with disrespect to our president, and somebody needs to tell Mitt that.

I know what your friend is saying about not being able to see the not-so-likeable side of Mitt Romney because I could not either until last night. It is obvious he is used to being top dog (no pun intended)and getting his way by talking down to others. Yeah, I also wonder what he thinks of people like us.

He thinks we are drowning in debt and overspending and is trying to throw us life preserver. - anon

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Agree we need to respect the office of President, but Romney's role here is a bit different. He is not going to win any debate by saying, yes sir, no sir to the President. He has to call him out on his failures. I think he was more than generous in saying Obama had tried and wanted to fix things but had failed.

Republican Joe Scarborough agreed with you that one - just doesn't address a President that way. nm

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Tuesday night at the fights.... - NotMe!

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I agree. I am very undecided, but the more I see Mr Romney, the less I can see our country doing well with him in the driver's seat. There is just something in his manner that makes my inner voice tell me not to trust him. I am not excited about either candidate, but I think sometimes it is better to accept the devil you know... If the Independent side had a viable 3rd choice, I think they would have the best chance ever.

I agree about what debates have become. Good for seeing who - tosses banana peels and if anyone slips on them.nm

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